1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 25, 3:32 PM PST, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 332 PM PST THU DEC 25 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OVER THE SIERRA TONIGHT...BUT WILL BEGIN IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARIZONA BY FRIDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES OVERHEAD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW 4000 FEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SNOW INTO SOME OF THE LOWER DESERT LOCATIONS. THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY ENDING THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALMOST 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .SHORT TERM...SNOW CONTINUES IN THE SIERRA WITH REPORTS OF 14 INCH STORM TOTALS SO FAR AROUND ASPENDELL. SATELLITE SHOWS GREAT BAROCLINIC LEAF SIGNATURE SUGGESTING ENHANCED PRECIP WILL CONTINUE UNDERNEATH...SO HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SIERRA UNTIL 4 AM INSTEAD OF LETTING THE WINTER STORM WARNING DISAPPEAR. FARTHER SOUTH...PRECIP HAS BEGUN TO BREAK OUT IN EARNEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA...AS WAS FORECAST BY 12Z MODELS AS WELL AS HIGHER RESOLUTION ETA RUNS FROM YESTERDAY. WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL NOON FOR THE SPRING AND SHEEP MOUNTAIN RANGES IN CLARK COUNTY. THE 12Z RUNS AGAIN SHOWED THIS BAND OF ENHANCED PRECIP EXPANDING NORTH INTO LINCOLN COUNTY THIS EVENING...AND SPREADING EAST INTO MOHAVE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WENT WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OF THE ETA...WHICH STILL SUGGEST ENOUGH SNOW TO REQUIRE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ABOVE 7000 FEET IN LINCOLN COUNTY AND SNOW ADVISORIES BELOW 7000 FEET. THE PRECIP COULD LAST LONGER THERE DUE TO WRAPAROUND MOISTURE...SO WILL RUN THE WARNING AND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM. FARTHER SOUTHEAST...THE PROBLEM IS ONE OF TIMING. AS THE BAND OF ENHANCED PRECIP SPREADS INTO MOHAVE COUNTY...HOW LOW WILL THE SNOW LEVELS GET BEFORE THE HEAVIER PRECIP ENDS. WILL PLAY IT SAFE BY ISSUING A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ZONE 1 UNTIL NOON...ALTHOUGH IF THE COLD AIR LAGS...THEY COULD SEE A LOT OF RAIN FOLLOWED BY A DUSTING OF SNOW. HAVE DECREASED THE PRECIP CHANCES ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT MORE RAPIDLY THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED AS MODELS INSIST ON SIGNIFICANT DRYING WRAPPING AROUND THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. WILL MAINTAIN SMALL POPS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN CWFA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINING IN PLACE. && .LONG TERM...EXTENDED MODELS ALL HINT AT A FAIRLY STRONG AND COLD TROUGH PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN US MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. ONLY DIFFERENCE SEEMS TO BE HOW COLD THE SYSTEM WILL BE. GFS IS HINTING AT A 526 H5 CUTOFF LOW PUSHING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING AND DROP IT INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS A 530 LOW. THIS SCENARIO WOULD LIKELY BRING SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO MUCH OF THE CWA AND POSSIBLE SNOW FLAKES TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...THE UKMET/EURO/CANADIAN SHOW RELATIVELY THE SAME THING...BUT WITH THE LOW NOT NEARLY AS DEEP (AROUND 548). WITH THE GOOD CONSISTENCY OF THE MODELS WILL GO AHEAD AND STAY WITH THE CURRENT PACKAGE AND KEEP THE CURRENT MENTION OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT ONLY GO WITH MODERATE TEMPERATURES FOR NOW. NORTHWEST FLOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED AND WILL KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WEAK IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WOULD BE SLOW TO REBOUND AND WILL KEEP WITH THE CURRENT TREND OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE COULD BE MVFR CIGS AND VISIBILITY DOWN TO 4 OR 5 MILES AT KLAS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...WINTER STORM WARNING ZONES 18 AND 19 UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. WINTER STORM WARNING ZONE 15 ABOVE 7000 FEET UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 15 BELOW 7000 FEET UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. .AZ...SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 1 ABOVE 5000 FEET UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. .CA...SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 26 ABOVE 7000 FEET UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY. && MORGAN/GORELOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 530 PM PST THU DEC 25 2003 NVZ018-019-261430- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- 530 PM PST THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND THE SHEEP RANGE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 7000 FEET...ALTHOUGH THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 6000 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL BY EARLY FRIDAY WILL HAVE FALLEN TO 3000 FEET AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN MUCH OF RED ROCK CANYON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. NVZ015-261430- LINCOLN COUNTY- 530 PM PST THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT AND UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BELOW 7000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT AND UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. SEE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 7000 FEET AND A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BELOW 7000 FEET UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL BY FRIDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 3500 FEET. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BELOW 7000 FEET. THIS WILL AFFECT ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF LINCOLN COUNTY AND AFFECT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF US 93...MAKING TRAVEL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AZZ001-261430- NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 630 PM MST THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU IN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA ABOVE 5000 FEET UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 5500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE FALLING ON FRIDAY...REACHING 3500 FEET BY AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE ON FRIDAY...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET AND 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BELOW 7000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY FALL ON FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7000 FEET. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE HIGHER DRIFTS... AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. CAZ026-261430- OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- 530 PM PST THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 7000 FEET UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE OWENS VALLEY THIS EVENING AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL END EARLY FRIDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AZZ002-036-CAZ029-NVZ021-261430- LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOJAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- 530 PM PST (630 PM MST) THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOW LEVELS ON FRIDAY MORNING WILL FALL AS LOW AS 3000 FEET. THIS WILL AFFECT A SMALL PORTION OF THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. AZZ003-CAZ027-028-NVZ014-016-017-020-022-261430- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- 530 PM PST (630 PM MST) THU DEC 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL UNUSUALLY LOW FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW IN SOME LOWER DESERT LOCATIONS THAT RARELY SEE SNOWFALL. THIS INCLUDES SEARCHLIGHT... GOODSPRINGS...BEATTY...KINGMAN...AND POSSIBLY THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. SEE THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FORE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds from thunderstorm outflow damaged several roofs in the Kingman areas.
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